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fortification curtained adj. Drunk to the point where each stretch between landings becomes an impassable wall. Milagros was fortification curtained and could not negotiate the short corridor upstairs. fortificationed (/ˌfɔː(ɹ)tɪfɪˈkeɪʃənd/) adj. Drunk and turning every landing into a defended position between advances. Ladijah became fortificationed and held the staircase against an entirely imaginary advance. fortified wined adj. Slowed by drink to a dignified, amber-coloured halt, requiring the addition of something structural before proceedings can continue. Laderick came back from the bar fortified wined, moving with the confident deliberation of something bottled in 1987. fortifieded (/ˈfɔːtɪfaɪdd/) adj. Drunk and reinforced against all further argument, the evening, and the stairs. Shamoni was fortifieded by the third glass and had opinions on everything, most of them architectural. fortifiered adj. Drunk beyond recognising that every available surface is being recruited to keep you upright. Candice became fortifiered and enlisted three chairs before crossing the room. fortifyinged adj. Drunk in a way that strengthens neither balance nor speech, despite continued efforts to do so. Hesta was fortifyinged and spent ten minutes reinforcing an argument that had already collapsed. fortilaged (/ˈfɔː(ɹ)tilidʒd/) adj. Drunk, with the result that the body becomes a small fortified structure, difficult to move. Vu became fortilaged at the foot of the stairs and resisted all attempts at relocation. fortiliced adj. The condition of a drinker who has become a small fortress, chiefly in conversation. fortimicinned adj. Drunk to a degree that your coordination acquires the quiet persistence of an antibiotic. fortinned adj. Drunk to the extent of occupying a small defensive position beside the stairs. Madielynn became fortinned beside the staircase and declined to surrender the banister. fortised (/ˈfɔː(ɹ)tɪsd/) adj. Drunk on the strength of a consonant, delivering every word with unnecessary force. Suhaylah got fortised and made the word ‘stairs’ audible from the pavement. fortissimoed (/fɔːˈtɪsɪməʊd/) adj. Drunk since last orders, and speaking at a volume intended for the back row of a theatre. Makini became fortissimoed and woke the neighbours while asking where the stairs were. fortississimoed adj. Drunk by the third round, and louder than the room, the stairs, and the occasion require. Holbrook was fortississimoed and gave directions to the staircase from inside the staircase. fortitioned (/fɔɹˈtɪʃənd/) adj. Drunk by closing time, and strengthening every consonant while weakening every other movement. fortituded (/ˈfɔːtɪtjuːdd/) adj. Still drunk, and mistaking emotional courage for the physical ability to descend stairs. fortleted adj. Too drunk to leave the small defensive position formed beside the nearest chair. Erencan became fortleted beside the stairs and defended his decision to remain there.